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the anatomical studies which he was pursuing zvith so much zeal
between 1510--16 should have led him to reconsider the subject of
Proportion.
Preliminary observations (308. 309).
3
08.
Every man, at three years old is half the full height he will grow
to at last.
3
09.
If a man 2 braccia high is too small, one of four is too tall, the
medium being what is admirable. Between 2 and 4 comes 3; therefore
take a man of 3 braccia in height and measure him by the rule I will
give you. If you tell me that I may be mistaken, and judge a man to
be well proportioned who does not conform to this division, I answer
that you must look at many men of 3 braccia, and out of the larger
number who are alike in their limbs choose one of those who are most
graceful and take your measurements. The length of the hand is 1/3
of a braccio [8 inches] and this is found 9 times in man. And the
face [Footnote 7: The account here given of the braccio is of
importance in understanding some of the succeeding chapters. Testa
must here be understood to mean the face. The statements in this
section are illustrated in part on Pl. XI.] is the same, and from
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